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Questions related to debugging methods and tricks in VisualStudio

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How to set "Break on All Exceptions", from a Package

I want to make an extension to quickly toggle breaking on CLR exceptions in debugger. I have made tried several approaches, neither of which is satisfactory. Here is what I have already tried: ExceptionSettings.SetBreakWhenThrown (MSDN) This is…
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Permanently enable just my code

I'm using visual studio 2010, and every time I open it, "just my code" under tools->options->debugging is disabled. Does anyone know how to permanently enable this? I have the following extensions enabled if this makes any difference: .NET reflector…
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What is different between visual studio F5, ctrl+F5, or running outside of visual studio?

I have written a program in vc++ that has different behavior in various case as below. When I run it by F5 it works properly in release mode. When I run it by ctrl + F5 it crashes when I start to send data to the program. Outside of visual studio it…
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Debugging Azure: Error attaching the debugger to the IIS worker process

I have a web application asp.net to deploy to Windows Azure. I try to run it on local first. But when debugging, I catch this error from VS2010: "There was an error attaching the debugger to the IIS worker process for URL 'http://127.255.0.0:82/'…
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Debugging release build on a client's machine

We have a native C++ Win32 .exe built using Visual Studio 2005 that works flawlessly on all the machines we've tested in-house on (XP 32-bit, Vista 32-bit & Windows 7 64-bit). But of course, it crashes repeatedly on a client's 32-bit Vista…
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Unable to debug Blazor hosted webassembly 3.2.0 from Visual Studio 2019 16.6.2

I have Visual Studio 2019 16.6.2 installed, along with the .NET Core 3.1.301 SDK and all the necessary Blazor templates. If I create a brand new Blazor WebAssmbly application, I can run it from Visual Studio by pressing Ctrl+F5 and it opens a new…
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Debug .NET Core source

I use Visual Studio 2019 and a .NET Core 3 web application. I'd like to debug .NET Core source code, so when an error occurs I can dive into the code and examine it in more detail. As I couldn't find an exact description on how to do it (even on the…
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How to watch all variables when debugging in Visual Studio 2012

Is there a way to watch all variables when debugging in Visual Studio 2012 like i can do it in IntelliJ Idea 12? I have a window with all the variables(both global and local) when debugging in Idea and i want the same thing in VS 2012 (Autos window…
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Debugging exceptions in a Async/Await (Call Stack)

I use the Async/Await to free my UI-Thread and accomplish multithreading. Now I have a problem when I hit a exception. The Call Stack of my Async parts allways starts with ThreadPoolWorkQue.Dipatch(), which doesn't help me very much. I found a…
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Why does Visual Studio fail to set a conditional breakpoint on this simple C# property?

In my C# object, I set a conditional breakpoint with the condition value == "Status" in the setter of this property. Normally it's decorated with a PostSharp aspect, but I've commented that out in this case, and it's still having trouble. public…
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VS2022: "Diagnostic Tools" window no longer appears during debugging, can't bring it back

I must have fat-fingered something to turn it off, but when I try to run any c# project (.net 6 windows wpf, or even just a commandline application) in debug mode, I no longer see the Diagnostic Tools window. This is the thing that displays a…
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How to package and deploy a NuGet package with symbols and source code so that debugger can use THAT source code?

I have created a very simple NuGet package from a .net framework visual studio Class Library project, where the class library source is in C#. I used this command to create the nuget package: nuget pack MyProject.csproj -symbols -Properties…
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Is there a way to prevent Visual Studio from breaking on exceptions in a specific method?

I know I can control the way Visual Studio handles exceptions according to their type and to the fact that they're eventually caught using the "Exception" dialog. However, I've got a library that's internally throwing (and catching) an …
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"PDB format is not supported" with .NET portable debugging information

The last couple of days I've been hunting down a problem - with the conclusion: My Visual Studio 2017 debugger can't work with PDBs in "portable" format in .NET Framework projects. With portable format I mean going to a project's settings, then to…
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I am looking for a proper way to display a UUID via NatVis in VS2012

I am looking for a proper way to display a UUID via NatVis in VS2012. My own uuid type uses UUID big-endian internally so a cast to (GUID*) does not work as GUID uses little-endian in Windows. So I always see a misrepresented uuid. Furthermore any…
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